Lloyd Instruments Ltd

Manufacturer of Universal Testing Machines, Tensile Testing Machines, Compression Testing Machines and Friction Testers

Lloyd Instruments designs, manufactures and is a worldwide supplier of universal testing machines including machines for tensile testing, compression testing, flexural testing and friction test applications, as well as  polymer test instruments and texture analysers for the food industry. Also suppliers of Chatillon® force measurement instruments.

Universal Material Testing Machines (1kN-300kN force capacities)
Typical measurements:

• Tensile, Flexural/bend, Compression and Tear/peel strength
• Young’s Modulus
• Shear
• Bond strength
• Friction

Davenport Polymer Test Instruments
Instruments in the range include:

• Melt flow indexers (for MFI, MFR & MVR measurements)
• PET Intrinsic viscosity (IV) measurement instruments
• Density measurement columns
• Falling dart impact testers

Texture Analysers
Food applications include:

• Adhesiveness
• Compression
• Chewiness
• Firmness
• Fracture
• Hardness
• Stickiness

Lloyd Instruments is ISO 9001:2000 registered and a UKAS Calibration Laboratory for verification and calibration of force measuring systems in tension and compression.